Alacritty run by sxhkd is not getting focus in cinnamon 6.6.7

Heikete · 2026-03-08 18:53:57

Relevant setting in sxhkd:

alt + control + {t,f,k,j}
    {alacritty,firefox,kydpdict,kiten}

In cinnamon setting for new windows run from terminal is set to ON.

I've set:

gsettings set org.gnome.desktop.wm.preferences focus-new-windows 'strict'

Still the alacritty windows which are launched by sxhkd are not getting focus.
sxhkd is run from xinitrc.

Alacritty run from other terminal behaves the same.

I've tried adding 'Alacritty' to:

gsettings set org.cinnamon demands-attention-passthru-wm-classes

Still without success.
What can I do to make it focused when run, without an explicit click?

seth · 2026-03-08 20:47:52

Arch Linux